Gyoji Matsumoto

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Gyoji Matsumoto
松本 暁司
Personal information
Full name Gyoji Matsumoto
Date of birth (1934-08-13)August 13, 1934
Place of birth Saitama, Saitama, Empire of Japan
Date of death September 2, 2019(2019-09-02) (aged 85)
Place of death Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Saitama University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
National team
1958 Japan 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Gyoji Matsumoto (松本 暁司, Matsumoto Gyōji, August 13, 1934 – September 2, 2019) was a Japanese footballer who played for the national team. He later became a coach.

Club career[]

Matsumoto was born in Saitama on August 13, 1934. After graduating from Saitama University, he played for his local club (ja).

International career[]

On December 28, 1958, he debuted for Japan national team against Malaya.[1]

Coaching career[]

After the retirement, Matsumoto managed for (ja). In 1969, Urawa Minami High School became the first high school to achieve the "treble", by winning all three major titles: All Japan High School Soccer Tournament, (ja), and National Sports Festival of Japan in the same year. He also instructed later international players, Kozo Tashima and so on.[2][3]

On September 2, 2019, he died of heart disease in Saitama at the age of 85.[2][3]

National team statistics[]

[1]

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
1958 1 0
Total 1 0

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Japan National Football Team Database
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Kyodo News Archived November 17, 2019, at the Wayback Machine(in Japanese)
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Mainichi Shimbun[permanent dead link](in Japanese)

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